The fuselage of a Mitsubishi J8M1 Shusui rocket interceptor was found in the1960ies in
a cave in the Yokosuka area south of Tokyo. The remains of the airplane have for many
years rested at the Kakamigahara Airforce base outside Nagoya. It was not alone as it also
has company of a Aichi E13A "Jake" floatplane in the same poor
condition. However, the Shusui has been moved to Mitsubishi Industry complex at
Komaki where it has been restored and is now on display at their museum. Unfortunately is
the museum usually not open to the public.

The pictures are from when the Shusui was in Kakamigahara. What remains of
the Shusui is the front part of the fuselage. The tail, starting from the engine
compartment is missing. The cover plates for the fuselage fuel tank and the nose
cone is also gone. The same goes for all cockpit equipment. The cockpit equipment
has perhaps never even been installed. No definite trace of color or application can be
seen on the exterior of the fuselage.

The picture above show the rear of cockpit and the compartment behind the
cockpit which is for the fuselage fuel tank. The cockpit itself is painted in a mix of red
primer, aotake blue and cockpit green (possibly green aotake). The frames are painted with
the blue aotake while the cover plating is green. Certain details that seems to have been
installed separately are coated with red primer. But it also looks as if the red is
wearing through the aotake at some places. Perhaps the aircraft first was assembled with
structural members painted blue and that pre painted green cover plating was attached
afterwards.

The picture bellow is taken through the missing nose cone. The green
painted plating can best be seen on the sides. The green was also seen after some gentle
brushing in the other more greyish areas. Note the red triangular part on the right, this
is an example of what looks to be a separatly installed part.